1715
Feb 10
| 1715 • The Province of Carolina goes to war with the Yamasee Native Americans. |
1737
Jun 16
Age: 22y
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marriageJames Chaffee Woodstock, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Married by John Chandler, Justice of the Peace 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1737 • The planet Venus passes in front of Mercury. The event is witnessed during the evening hours by the amateur astronomer John Bevis at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. As of 2006, it is still the only such planet/planet occultation that has been directly observed. |
1743
May 6
Age: 28y
birth of childDorothy Chaffee Woodstock, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1743 • George Frideric Handel's oratorio, Samson premieres in London . |
1747
Nov 4
Age: 32y
eventWoodstock, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Beriah Chaffe, an heir of Reverend John Child of Woodstock, and James Chaffee, her husband, of the same town, with other heirs of John Child, sold land to Jacob Child of Woodstock for £415. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1747 • War of the Austrian Succession: Spanish troops invade and occupy the coastal towns of Beaufort and Brunswick in the Royal Colony of North Carolina during what becomes known as the Spanish Alarm. They are later driven out by the local militia. |
1758
Jun 24
Age: 43y
| 1758 • Rudjer Boscovich publishes his atomic theory in Theoria philosophiae naturalis redacta ad unicam legem virium in nalura existentium. |